Archive for November, 2009
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Make a parfait! Find some leftover party beverage cups, mash up the leftover pumpkin pie and simply layer it with cream cheese frosting (either homemade or store bought) to make a pretty and delicious pumpkin parfait! A secret to make the frosting easier to work with – microwave the frosting in 5 second intervals to make it pourable. You could even use whipped cream instead of the cream cheese frosting (except don’t microwave that…lol). Then top with festive sprinkles, nuts, caramel, or whatever you have leftover. This works with pumpkin pie , pumpkin bread, brownies, cookies, or even apple pie. Use your imagination and give those leftover desserts a new twist!

Tags: Fall, Parfaits, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
As you can tell I LOVE anything pumpkin! These are a twist on the usual pumpkin bread. Made instead in mini bundt pans and then drizzled with cream cheese frosting and topped with festive Fall Sprinkles. A great alternative to the usual large dessert, this gives everyone their own special portion!

Tags: Fall, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Ok back to yummy pumpkin treats! I discovered these last year and now I make them every year for Thanksgiving. Imagine pumpkin pie combined with gingerbread cookies, and more crumb topping, and then drizzled with powdered sugar glaze all in a nice little bar! Deeeeeelicious!
Tags: Bar cookies, Fall, Gingerbread, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Taking a little break from Fall treats, I had the great pleasure of doing a totally fun Super Mario Brother cake this past weekend! Growing up with Super Mario Brothers, I had a ball creating this cake for a very special boy’s 6 year old birthday!
The cake is made of up three different flavor cakes. The top tier is yellow cake with vanilla pudding, the bottom tier is chocolate cake with vanilla chocolate chip frosting, and the mushroom on top is yellow cake with vanilla buttercream and then covered in fondant. The tiered cakes are frosted in tinted vanilla buttercream (the sky), the bushes are also done in buttercream, and the various decorations are made of fondant. The two super cute plastic figurines were the perfect finishing touch for the top.
I am happy to report that we had one very happy 6 year old boy!
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Tags: Birthdays, Cakes, Chocolate, Kids
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Fun Fall chocolate! These were made for a fall themed baptism! We made the cute little pumpkin lollypops for the kids, and marbled chocolate fall leaves as the favors for the adults. Pleasing to the eyes and to the tummy! Cute and delicious!

Tags: Chocolate, Favors, Lollypops, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
These are my new favorite for the Fall! Apple caramel crumb bars! Made with a simple shortbread crust, then layered with spiced apples and chunks of gooey caramel, and topped with lots of buttery crumb topping, and of course more caramel! Apples, caramel, and crumb topping – what could be better?
Tags: Apple, Bar cookies, Fall, Thanksgiving
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
It’s that time of year again! Fall Harvest! Fall is one of my favorite times of year, and i love to put all the flavors of the season into our products. New this year are our super moist pumpkin cupcakes with decadent cream cheese frosting. I have to say they are quite addicting! Also, back from last year, we have pumpkin spice bread, pumpkin cake bites, and white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies! Just as delicious as ever!
Fall Harvest products are available for the month of November, so make sure to order soon! Check out our website for pricing info and ordering details. And feel free to let us know what you’d like to see for next year’s Fall Harvest Line. Happy Fall!



Tags: Cookies, Cupcakes, Fall, Pumpkin, Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
This was a very unusual but totally fun cake to make! It was for a surprise 70th birthday party on Halloween, which was indeed the actual birthday of the guest of honor. The cake is chocolate cake with mocha frosting and fondant on the outside. We decided to make the boxer shorts a little more festive for Halloween. Nothing says Halloween like an old man belly cake…lol.
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Tags: Birthdays, Cakes, Chocolate
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Our website redesign is finally complete! We are so happy with the results! Be sure to check out the new and improved Chocolate Swirl website www.thechocolateswirl.com
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